This thread is for all things regarding Hans Zimmer. Talk about anything and everything regarding this composer including current or future releases, news updates, interviews, audio samples, etc. Here are a few links which give some basic information regarding the composer:

http://www.hans-zimmer.com/
(unofficial but very good site including news, interviews, audio samples, forums etc. not only about Hans Zimmer but also about other Media Ventures and Remote Control Productions composers. I think many of HZ's fans know that place well)_________________"The piano keys
Are black and white
But they sound like a million colours in your mind"
(from Spider's Web by Katie Melua)
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Avatar is from work of art by Drew Struzan

Ron Howard and Hans Zimmer briefly talk about how the track Chevaliers de Sangreal came to be Robert Langdon's theme in The Da Vinci Code and how it was adapted to be what the music was built around for Angels & Demons. You also get to hear a sample of the music with organs and violin solo leading into the Chevaliers de Sangreal theme!

And here is a link to where you can preview the each track from the Angels & Demons score The site isn't in english, but it is easy to navigate and hear the samples! Enjoy!

This documentary was directed by Henning Lohner (a German composer who sometimes works with Zimmer).
They talk in both German and English.

This video shows Zimmer talking a lot, chatting a lot, working a bit (), singing a bit (LOL),
plinking his piano & keyboards, and touring MediaVentures Studios & his own house._________________Miya the Pridelander

A short video talking about the music for Lion King (a great video for all those TLKFC members ) with comments by several of the people who worked on the music including the director, Elton John and Hans Zimmer...

Hans Zimmer talking about several of his film scores and some details about each including Prince of Egypt, Road to El Dorado and Thin Red Line (also there is one bad word used in the video just as a warning )

Nice short video with Hans Zimmer talking about the great John Williams.....cool video

Some more from the same interview session with Zimmer talking about T. Malick and Thin Red Line

And even more with Zimmer...

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Mon May 11, 2009 6:17 am Post subject:

natedogg_23 wrote:

A short video talking about the music for Lion King (a great video for all those TLKFC members ) with comments by several of the people who worked on the music including the director, Elton John and Hans Zimmer...

It's actually one of the bonus features on Special Edition DVD.
I believe all TLKFC members already have it, right?
But those features are worth watching for all Zimmer fans/score fans too.

It has 7 segments about music production, total time is about 25 minutes, and the video above is just an introduction. Other segments are mostly about Hans Zimmer & Lebo M rather than Elton John & Tim Rice.

There are 2 segments ("Orchestral Color" & "Scoring Emotion") completely focused on Hans Zimmer. They are really good interviews, especially the latter, where he explains how he put his own emotion into the theme "father's death". _________________Miya the Pridelander